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Museums and colonialism. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

8 reasons why the Luftwaffe didn’t stand a chance of beating the RAF in the Battle of Britain. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Second World War

The real history that inspired WW2 film Greyhound

The woman who opposed equality with men: Phyllis Schlafly and the real history behind Mrs. America. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Second World War videoFrom Winston Churchill to the Bengal famine: are we in denial about our role in WW2?

The Few: who exactly were the heroes of the Battle of Britain?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Second World War

What was Operation Sealion, Hitler’s planned invasion of Britain? And why was it cancelled?

California’s century of change. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The birth pains of the NHS: how Britain's National Health Service was created. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Mystery on Everest: did Mallory and Irvine reach the summit in 1924?

8 historical events that happened in July

How we forgot the Korean War. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Who’s holding the baby? How working mothers navigated the 20th century. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

History heroCathy Newman chooses Beatrice Shilling (1909–1990). This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A history of pandemics: from Spanish Flu to Covid-19. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Good drama, bad history: 11 historically inaccurate films you need to watch

The Korean War “created a blood debt that is crucial to understanding North Korean behaviour ever since”. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Britain and the Korean War. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

How have nuclear weapons shaped global politics? 10 key moments in the post-war atomic world. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Working mothers. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Summer holiday revolution: when were Britons first allowed to take paid holiday?

A brief history of Checkpoint Charlie

American spotlight: how today’s protests echo historical outrage. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Britain and the slave trade. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

1919: Britain's red summer. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

History heroChris Mason chooses Frank Gillard (1908–98). This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Michael Wood on statues"These ‘history wars’ over statues are really about something bigger: about different views of the past, and who controls it". This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

From Nelson to Churchill: challenging British heroes with Afua Hirsch. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Nazi Germany: everything you wanted to know. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Sex, lies and spies: the real history of the Profumo Affair

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